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On May 16th Mos Def joined John Legend, Lenny Kravitz, Ani DeFranco and a slew of other local musicians including Allen Toussaint and Dr. John at Mardi Gras World in New Orleans to raise money for those affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Mos Def debuted his cover of New Orleans favorite “It Ain’t My Fault” which he recorded with Kravitz and New Orleans’ Trombone Shorty, in response to the failure of BP to take full responsibility for the accident.

Watch Mos Def’s live performance of “It Ain’t My Fault”:

Downtown Music Publishing artists Miike Snow, Rusko, and Major Lazer will be in Indio, California this coming weekend for Coachella! Be sure to catch them live!

DMP will also be at Lollapalooza this year with performances from The Walkmen and Rusko. The festival takes place August 6th-8th at Grant Park in Chicago.

Seal performed The Impressions’ 1965 hit single “People Get Ready” during the 2-hour special “Haiti: How You Can Help,” which aired on January 18th on CNN to raise money for the Haiti earthquake.

Brett Dennen partnered up with Livestream to broadcast his 2010 New Year’s Eve performance at the Fox Theater in Oakland, presented by Life is good and Another Planet Entertainment. ALO and several local musicians and DJs joined Brett on NYE to kick off 2010 in the Bay Area. Brett also interacted with fans on Livestream with a special Q+A session from rehearsals on December 30th. Watch for yourself and enjoy!!

White Denim has announced dates for their Fall tour in support of their sophomore LP, Fits, which will be released on October 20, 2009. Check out the dates below, and please visit their artist page on Downtown Music for the latest news on White Denim.

US Tour
10/24 – Mohawk – Austin, TX
10/31 – Granada Theater – Dallas, TX
11/02 – Firebird – St Louis, MO
11/03 – Jackpot – Lawrence, KS
11/04 – 400 Bar – Minneapolis, MN
11/05 – High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI
11/06 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
11/07 – Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
11/09 – Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto, ON
11/10 – Il Motore – Montreal, QC
11/11 – TT the Bears – Cambridge, MA
11/12 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY
11/13 – Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA
11/14 – Rock N Roll Hotel – Washington, DC
11/16 – The Basement – Nashville, TN
11/17 – The Bottletree – Birmingham, AL
11/18 – The Earl – Atlanta, GA
11/19 – The Social – Orlando, FL
11/20 – Cafe Eleven – St Augustine, FL
11/22 – One Eyed Jacks – New Orleans, LA

“The sequel to last summer’s biggest touring rock festival premiered on Sunday night with the kick off of Crüe Fest 2 at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ. Crüe Fest 2 stars Mötley Crüe with Godsmack, Theory of a Deadman, Drowning Pool and Charm City Devils. Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Dr. Feelgood, Mötley Crüe performed the #1 album in its entirety in their self-created sanitarium followed by a completely separate set of the best of the rest of their hits including the Grammy nominated title track from their current album Saints of Los Angeles.  DMP proudly represents Motley Crue co-founder and songwriter Nikki Sixx!”

View the complete list of Crüe Fest 2 dates!

“Carla Bruni is to give her first public performance today since becoming the First Lady of France, as part of the worldwide 91st-birthday tribute to Nelson Mandela. The former model will sing two duets with Dave Stewart, formerly of the Eurythmics, at a star-studded concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York …

Check out a clip from the performance!

“The great Afro-Caribbean-American power-pop diaspora has many prophets, from Bob Marley and Miriam Makeba to Berry Gordy and brother James Brown. At times it felt as if all of them were spiritually present during Sunday’s electrifying Hollywood Bowl triple bill of Raphael Saadiq, Santigold and Femi Kuti & the Positive Force, expertly curated by KCRW’s Garth Trinidad …